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Book Description
Precision Agriculture covers in detail the spatial data for recordkeeping, spatial analysis in decision making and modeling prescription maps for variable rate applications. It provides an overview of precision farming concepts and the tools of precision farming system. This book isn?t just about precision farming, but it takes one important and difficult aspect of precision farming and puts it into an understandable and teachable format.
About the Author
Terry Brase teaches Geospatial Data Collections and Agricultural Spatial Analysis. He grew up on a diversified farm in northeast Iowa, belonging to FFA and 4-H as a youngster. He has an AS degree from Ellsworth Community College and a BS and MS degrees in Agricultural Education from Iowa State University. Previously an agriculture instructor at Hawkeye Community College, he is also Project Director of a National Science foundation grant in Precision Agriculture Curriculum Development. He was named Outstanding Iowa Community College Faculty in 1996 and nominated for North Central Regional Outstanding Faculty in 1999. He was named the National Mentor for Precision Agriculture by the Phi Theta Kappa in 1999. Terry is developing a new two-year degree in Agricultural Geospatial Technology. The program will provide students with a strong background in agronomics and geospatial technologies that are seriously needed in the agriculture industry.
Precision Agriculture,Terry Brase,Thomson Delmar Learning,140188105X,Agricultural Engineering Research,Agriculture,Agriculture (Specific Aspects),Agriculture - General,Life Sciences - Horticulture,Mathematical models,Science/Mathematics,Spatial analysis (Statistics),Statistical methods,Technology,Technology & Industrial Arts,Technology / Agriculture & Animal Husbandry
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